"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
She left her clothes in Kansas
Ever since we stepped on campus
Ever since she left her classes
So she could fill some glasses
She want a photograph
8 by 11 dreams
She's got that self-worth
She learned at 17
And I could work with that
Been working all week
She's been flirtin' all night
Wishing she could own me
But I come with a lot of baggage
And a lot of ego, and a lot of fashion
Just drop that prada bag
And we could probably make tonight pop
And she said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
She left her cares on the bedpost
Next to the lipstick and the mentos
Evian and a candy necklace
She goes to places her friends won't
She's in the backyard
Under a starry sky
I'm thinking backseat
She's looking for the key
And I could work with that
Been working all month
She's been flirting all night
Lady I'm the wrong one
And she said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
You say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
She was like "who was that singing?"
I was off in the back room drinking
Sippin' something thinkin' nothing
When I heard my phone start ringin'
She was like, don't pick it up
'Cause tonight I ain't in love
And I just can't be here with nobody's trust
She left her friends in high school
She's thinking "why do I like you?
If I just make-do with a nice dude
I could make it to the white picket fence crew"
But it just won't work like that
When I wake it's on the road
You could take me in your room
But you can't take me home
She said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
You say you don't need me
You say it's alright
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Ever since we stepped on campus
Ever since she left her classes
So she could fill some glasses
She want a photograph
8 by 11 dreams
She's got that self-worth
She learned at 17
And I could work with that
Been working all week
She's been flirtin' all night
Wishing she could own me
But I come with a lot of baggage
And a lot of ego, and a lot of fashion
Just drop that prada bag
And we could probably make tonight pop
And she said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
She left her cares on the bedpost
Next to the lipstick and the mentos
Evian and a candy necklace
She goes to places her friends won't
She's in the backyard
Under a starry sky
I'm thinking backseat
She's looking for the key
And I could work with that
Been working all month
She's been flirting all night
Lady I'm the wrong one
And she said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
You say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
She was like "who was that singing?"
I was off in the back room drinking
Sippin' something thinkin' nothing
When I heard my phone start ringin'
She was like, don't pick it up
'Cause tonight I ain't in love
And I just can't be here with nobody's trust
She left her friends in high school
She's thinking "why do I like you?
If I just make-do with a nice dude
I could make it to the white picket fence crew"
But it just won't work like that
When I wake it's on the road
You could take me in your room
But you can't take me home
She said
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight
You say you don't need me
You say it's alright
Let me down easy
But stay with me tonight tonight
Say you don't need me
But stay with me tonight
Lyrics submitted by amyxrainbow
Let Me Down Easy Lyrics as written by Marc Griffin David Dalton
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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She left her clothes in Kansas Ever since we stepped on campus Ever since she left her classes So she could fill some glasses She want a photograph 8 by 11 dreams She's got that self-worth She learned at 17
And I could work with that Been workin' all week She's been flirtin' all night Wishin' she could own me But I come with a lot of baggage And a lot of ego, and a lot of fashion Just drop that Prada bag And I could probably make tonight pop And she said:
Let me down easy But stay with me tonight Say you don't need me But stay with me tonight
She left her cares on the bedpost Next to the lipstick and the mentos Avian and a candy necklace She goes to places her friends won't She's in the backyard Under a stary scene I'm thinkin' backseat She's lookin' for the keys
And I could work with that Been workin' all month She's been flirtin' all night Lady I'm the wrong one And she said:
Let me down easy But stay with me tonight Say you don't need me But stay with me tonight Let me down easy But stay with me tonight (Tonight) Say you don't need me But stay with me tonight
She was like who was that singin'? I was off in the back room drinkin' Savin' somethin' thinkin' nothin' When I heard my phone start ringin' She was like, don't pick it up Cuz' tonight I ain't in love And I just can't deal with nobody's trust
She left her friends in high school She's thinkin' why do I like you? If I just make do with a nice dude I could make it to the white picket fence crew But it just won't work like that When I wake it's on the road You could take me in your room But you can't take me home And she said:
Let me down easy But stay with me tonight Say you don't need me But stay with me tonight Let me down easy But stay with me tonight (Tonight)
Say you don't need me But stay with me tonight Let me down easy But stay with me tonight Say you don't need me You say it's alright Let me down easy But stay with me tonight
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